In Japan, household pets are being treated more like members of the family with a number of pet insurance policies now covering MRI, surgery, inpatient care and funeral costs.

Carotid ultrasound improves the cardiovascular risk stratification of individuals with the skin condition hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), according to a study published Jan. 4 in PLOS One.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new guidance on Jan. 9 warning that the lowest radiation dose possible should be used for pediatric patient X-ray exams. 

ERLANGEN, Germany, Nov. 26, 2017 - At the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, USA, Siemens Healthineers will present its new scanner portfolio, which covers all requirements and customer needs regarding CT imaging. With their innovative workflow technologies, the new computed tomography scanners help deliver standardized, high-quality examinations that support clinical users on their way to precision medicine, while at the same time significantly improving patient experience.

The "Transformation of the United States Medical Imaging Industry, 2017" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering.

A $50 million donation has been made to create the Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine, which will catalog roughly 60,000 possible mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in young women.

Across the Atlantic, newly published oncology research may help predict how well patients can prevent the spread of cancer and respond to immunotherapy treatment, according to a press release from the University of Liverpool in the U.K.   

While the benefits of resistance training on musculoskeletal health are on daily display in any weightlifting room, the question of how much good all those sets and reps do for the heart has been open. Now comes an imaging-based answer from Germany, where researchers using MRI found measurable cardiac changes in a randomized group of novice male “gym rats” after they’d worked out regularly for around half a year.